No Big Surprise

After many discussions with doctors, family, and friends and days of deliberation I have decided to postpone the surgery. This is definitely the best decision for me at this time. I feel fortunate that my doctors understand and agree that postponing, not canceling, is for the best. The plan is that I will do blood tests and CT scans every 6 weeks and I will contact them if at any time I start to feel symptoms – either bladder or nerve. We are taking some risks by postponing, the biggest of which is related to my leg. We need to closely monitor the proximity of the tumor to the femoral nerve to avoid permanent damage. This will be done with both the scans and by me – if I start to feel tingling or spasms I will let the docs know and we can arrange a surgery at that time. Hopefully this will be months or dare I say years, down the road. It was a huge relief to me to postpone this surgery as I was simply not mentally prepared. I want to take advantage of feeling pretty good and use this time to cross some things off my “to do” list. Thank you all for the prayers, well wishes, and good thoughts – they mean a lot to me.